A PhD Student's Honest Confession About ChatGPT – Christian Carmody
About this episode
Christian Carmody discusses the challenges and ethical dilemmas faced by PhD students in the age of AI, particularly regarding the use of ChatGPT.
When ChatGPT first appeared, Christian Carmody found himself facing an uncomfortable question: If AI could do much of the work for him, why not use it? As a stressed PhD student juggling graduate school, multiple jobs, a new baby, and financial pressure, the temptation was real. But what started as a question about academic integrity became a deeper conversation about learning, intellectual character, trust, and what we risk losing when AI does our thinking for us. ABOUT GUEST Christian Carmody is a PhD candidate in Education at the University of New Hampshire and a Senior Researcher at the nonprofit Research Institute for Learning and Development. CHAPTERS (0:00) Introduction (0:40) Meet Christian Carmody (1:25) ChatGPT in a Crunch (2:54) Where to Draw Lines (4:31) Nietzsche and Struggle (7:27) Judging AI Ideas (12:10) Trust in an AI World (14:10) Teaching Intellectual Character (16:48) Conclusion
People in this episode
Guest: Christian Carmody
Topics covered
- AI
- academic integrity
- PhD student experience
- intellectual character
- trust
- learning
Keywords
- ChatGPT
- PhD
- academic integrity
- AI ethics
- intellectual character
- trust in AI
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of New Hampshire, Research Institute for Learning and Development
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